Last week, Matthew White, Mental Health and Addictions Program (MHAP) Director in the Central Zone, and Dr. Vincent Agyapong, Chief of Psychiatry, Central Zone with MHAP and the Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University, and Monica MacKinnon, MHAP Health Services Manager responsible for the Transcultrural Program, attended a ceremony celebrating a historic signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with the Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre.
Under terms of the agreement, Dalhousie will provide a psychiatrist at the Wije’winen Health Centre and MHAP will provide a manager and administrative resources to help support that work. Nova Scotia Health’s MHAP is proud to be part of this partnership as it fits with its commitment to providing services, resources, and supports that are accessible, flexible, based on the needs of communities and client population, and is culturally appropriate.